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Published: 13 October 2016

Last Updated: 24 March 2019

Note: These captures from films appeared in a Facebook page Madhubala Magic. I would like to acknowledge the creator. Some of the images are from the Facebook page of Shalini Singh. Thanks you, Shalini.

Madhubala Images 1949 Mahal

Madhubala Images 1950 Nirala

Madhubala Images 1951 Sangdil

Madhubala Images 1951 Tarana

Madhubala Images 1954 Amar

Madhubala Images 1955 Mr-Mrs-55

Madhubala Images 1956 Rajhath

Madhubala Images 1956 Shirin-Farhad

Madhubala Images 1957 Ek-Saal

Madhubala Images 1958 Chalti-Ka-Nam-Gadi

Madhubala Images 1958 Howrah-Bridge

Madhubala Images 1958 Kala-Pani

Madhubala Images 1959 Do-Ustad

Madhubala Images 1960 Barsat-Ki-Raat

Madhubala Images 1960 Jali-Note

Madhubala Images 1961 Jhumroo

 

 

 

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Published: 22 August 2017

Last Updated: 03 November 2017

Number 6 2017/08/21

Film Booklets

So, the gazette gives you basic info. What if you need the names of actors, director etc.? You could look at old magazine issues. They review films and do have some more info. What if you want all the info about all films? For that you need film booklets.

I don't mean the 5-10 paisa pamphlets I used to buy in my childhood. What you need is the publicity film booklets. These were used by the distributors, the premier attendees and so on.

Har Mandir Singh got the booklets or the information therein from various sources the main ones being the NFAI, Poona,  a booklet seller in Indore and another one from Bombay. Many individuals also contributed.

During the preparation of my book on Indurani, I asked Har Mandir to send me copies of all the booklets for Indurani's films. He was generous and I used the material liberally in my book. Here is a sample. As you can see, it has a lot of valuable information.

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Published: 10 November 2017

Last Updated: 10 November 2017

When you see a name like Shama Dulari in the film credits, it can be very confusing. We know that Hindi films are not too careful about credits. They misspell names, cram them such we do not know where one mane ednd and another begins. In this case, one might guess that Dulari is already known, so Shama is another one. In this case, this guess would be wrong.

  Now you know!

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